Former White House aide Hope Hicks will testify before House panel investigating Trump next week
SalonHope Hicks, the former White House communications director to President Donald Trump, has agreed to a closed-door interview with the House Judiciary Committee, the panel announced Wednesday. The House Judiciary issued a subpoena to Hicks, a close and trusted adviser to the president who worked on his presidential campaign and in the White House, last month as part of the panel's investigation into allegations of obstruction of justice, public corruption and other potential abuses of power by Trump, his associates and other members of his administration. The White House previously directed Hicks and another former White House aide, Annie Donaldson, not to comply with a subpoena for documents related to their tenure with the Trump administration earlier this month, although Hicks has turned over documents related to her time with the Trump campaign. The president has made it clear that he does not want any current or former West Wing aides to cooperate with House Democrats as they dig into whether Trump obstructed justice, the administration's efforts to add a citizenship to the 2020 census, alleged mismanagement in the White House security clearance procedures, the president's finances and his administration's immigration policies.